I didn't really go out of my way to avoid Crusade, but I also didn't put extreme effort into acquiring the DVDs or finding some other way to watch it.

One time, many years ago, I happened upon a Crusade episode on TV. I could immediately tell what it was, presumably because of the uniforms and general style. I didn't want to watch a partial episode in the middle of a season, so I quickly turned it off, intending to watch it "properly" later. I just didn't know it would take me this long to finally get around to it